Spruce Creek Airport

29°04′49″N 081°02′48″W / 29.08028°N 81.04667°W / 29.08028; -81.04667

Spruce Creek Airport
Summary
Airport typePrivate
Owner/OperatorSpruce Creek Prop. Owners Assoc. Inc.
ServesDaytona Beach, Florida
LocationPort Orange, Florida
Elevation AMSL24 ft / 7 m
Coordinates29°04′49″N 081°02′48″W / 29.08028°N 81.04667°W / 29.08028; -81.04667
Websitehttp://www.airport7fl6.com
Map
Spruce Creek Airport is located in Volusia County
Spruce Creek Airport
Spruce Creek Airport
Spruce Creek Airport is located in Florida
Spruce Creek Airport
Spruce Creek Airport
Spruce Creek Airport is located in the United States
Spruce Creek Airport
Spruce Creek Airport
Map
Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
6/24 4,000 1,219 Asphalt
Statistics
Aircraft operations25,000
Based aircraft438

Spruce Creek Airport (FAA LID: 7FL6) is a private airport located in Port Orange, seven miles (11 km) south of the central business district of Daytona Beach, in Volusia County, Florida, United States.[1] It was originally constructed during World War II as an outlying field (OLF) to nearby Naval Air Station DeLand and NAS Daytona Beach. OLF Spruce Creek originally had four paved 4,000 foot runways and was abandoned by the U.S. Navy in 1946.

Facilities and aircraft

The Spruce Creek Airport covers an area of 1,350 acres (550 ha), which contains one asphalt-paved runway (6/24) measuring 4,000 × 176 ft (1,219 × 54 m). For a 12-month period the airport had 25,000 general aviation aircraft operations, an average of 68 per day. There are 438 aircraft based at this airport: 67% single-engine, 31% multi-engine, 1% jet and 1% helicopter.[1]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c FAA Airport Form 5010 for 7FL6 PDF, effective 2007-10-25
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